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Click here to comment on our front page stories on the new Bitterroot Star blog! Rescued donkeys arrive in the BitterrootBy Michael Howell About 30 donkeys and a miniature horse were brought to the Bitterroot Valley for veterinary care last week by a coalition of Montana animal rescue groups that have stepped in to handle the disposition of over 1,000 large animals, including around 700 llamas, over 100 horses, two bison, two camels, emus, sheep, goats, and cattle, that currently reside north of Hot Springs, Montana at the Montana Large Animal Sanctuary and Rescue. More...    Gravel pit proposal draws concernsBy Michael Howell A proposed gravel pit on a property off of Alpenglow Road south of Stevensville went before the County Commissioners last week. Under state law a property owner may remove up to 10,000 cubic yards of gravel from a pit under one acre in size without getting a permit. Operations over one acre in size and removing over 10,000 cubic yards of material requires an open pit mining permit from the Department of Environmental Quality. Although the proposed gravel pit is not large enough to trigger the DEQ permitting process there was a need to get a floodplain permit as the land in question is in the designated floodplain. More...  Merry Christmas from All of Us at the Star! The Bitterroot Star circulation crew prepares your paper for delivery every week. Pictured (l to r): Marissa Lewis, McKenzie Sebastian, Jenny Pepprock, Aubrey Howell, Marcus LeCoure, Caroline Easton and Kyra Cenis. Not pictured: Riley Slaughter. Your paper carriers also wish you a Merry Christmas: Jubal Johnson, Paul Brush, Abby Simons and Serica Lucas. Jean Schurman photo. Two more ‘open lands’ projects approvedTwo conservation easements approved in Burnt Fork area By Michael Howell The Ravalli County Commissioners, last Thursday, December 16, unanimously approved funding the purchase of two separate but adjoining Conservation Easements near Stevensville in the Burnt Fork drainage and along Sunset Bench through the county’s Open Lands Bond Program. The two easements together would place about 717 acres of agricultural land and wildlife habitat along a one-mile stretch of the lower portion of Sunset Bench and across the bottom land of the Burnt Fork drainage as far north as Middle Burnt Fork Road under protection from future development…forever. The deals do hang upon the approval of further funds from the federal Farm and Ranch Protection Program, however. Both parties are seeking funding from that program to complete the deals. More... Commissioners support recycling grant applicationBy Michael Howell The Ravalli County Commissioners on Friday, December 17, reached consensus on passing a Resolution of Support to aid in the efforts of Ravalli County Recycling, Inc. in future grant applications. More...
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